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Tomb of the Eagles

Author : John W. Hedges
Publisher : New Amsterdam Books
ISBN 13 : 1461732689
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Tomb of the Eagles written by John W. Hedges and published by New Amsterdam Books. This book was released on 1998-04-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isbister in the Orkneys is one of those extraordinary archaeological sites where the remains of Neolithic man and his works have been so well preserved that they give us an amazingly clear picture of the life and people of 5000 years ago. In Tomb of the Eagles John W. Hedges describes vividly the activities of a tribe which had as its totem the magnificent white-tailed sea eagle. For these people the building and use of the tomb was symbol and expression of their identity. It was here that the dead joined their ancestors–but only after the flesh had been stripped from their bones. It was here, too, that offerings were made. Here broken pots were piled; fish, eagles and joints of meat mouldered; and the hands of the living sorted the heaped bones of the dead.

Tomb of the Eagles

Author : John W. Hedges
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0941533050
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Tomb of the Eagles written by John W. Hedges and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1987 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isbister in the Orkneys is one of those extraordinary archaeological sites where the remains of Neolithic man and his works have been so well preserved that they give us an amazingly clear picture of the life and people of 5000 years ago. In Tomb of the Eagles John W. Hedges describes vividly the activities of a tribe which had as its totem the magnificent white-tailed sea eagle. For these people the building and use of the tomb was symbol and expression of their identity. It was here that the dead joined their ancestors–but only after the flesh had been stripped from their bones. It was here, too, that offerings were made. Here broken pots were piled; fish, eagles and joints of meat mouldered; and the hands of the living sorted the heaped bones of the dead.

Tomb for an Eagle

Author : Lexie Conyngham
Publisher : Orkneyinga Murders
ISBN 13 : 9781910926444
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Tomb for an Eagle written by Lexie Conyngham and published by Orkneyinga Murders. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man lies under the tawny earth, hands still clutching the knife that killed him.Thorfinn Sigurdarson, Earl of all Orkney and Caithness, has made a mistake, and he won't let himself forget it. Now rumours have started in the Norse lands that he might be getting a second chance - but should he take it, when it means that dead men are walking?

Once an Eagle

Author : Anton Myrer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062039091
Total Pages : 1312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Once an Eagle written by Anton Myrer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 1312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Once an Eagle is simply the best work of fiction on leadership in print.” —General Martin E. Dempsey, 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Required reading for West Point and Marine Corps cadets, Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self-interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War—Vietnam. Now reissued with a new foreword by acclaimed historian Carlo D'Este, here is an unforgettable story of a man who embodies the best in our nation—and in us all.

The Eagle's Way : Nature's New Frontier in a Northern Landscape

Author : Jim Crumley
Publisher : Saraband
ISBN 13 : 190864348X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Eagle's Way : Nature's New Frontier in a Northern Landscape written by Jim Crumley and published by Saraband. This book was released on 2014-03-13 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The best nature writer working in Britain today.” – The Los Angeles Times. Eagles, more than any other bird, spark our imaginations. These magnificent creatures encapsulate the majesty and wildness of Scottish nature. But change is afoot for the eagles of Scotland: the golden eagles are now sharing the skies with sea eagles after a successful reintroduction programme. In ‘The Eagle’s Way’, Jim Crumley exploits his years of observing these spectacular birds to paint an intimate portrait of their lives and how they interact with each other and the Scottish landscape. Combining passion, beautifully descriptive prose and the writer’s 25 years of experience, ‘The Eagle’s Way’ explores the ultimate question - what now for the eagles? - making it essential reading for wildlife lovers and eco-enthusiasts.

Memory and Medieval Tomb

Author : Elizabeth Valdez Del Alamo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351758039
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Memory and Medieval Tomb written by Elizabeth Valdez Del Alamo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: Reverent memorial for the dead was the inspiration for the production of a significant category of artworks during the Middle Ages - artworks aimed as much at the laity as at the clergy, and intended to maintain, symbolically, the presence of the dead. Memoria, the term that describes the formal, liturgical memory of the dead, also includes artworks intended to house and honour the deceased. This book explores the ways in which medieval Christians sought to memorialize the deceased: with tombs, cenotaphs, altars and other furnishings connected to a real or symbolic burial site. A dozen essays analyze strategies for commemoration from the 4th to the 15th century: the means by which human memory could be activated or manipulated through the interaction between monuments, their setting, and the visitor. Building upon from the growing body of literature on memory in the Middle Ages, the collection focuses on the tomb monument and its context as a complex to define what is to be remembered, to fix memory, and to facilitate recollection. Remembering depended upon the emotionally charged interaction between the visitor, the funerary monument, strategically placed images or inscriptions, the liturgy and its participants. Commemorative artworks may consolidate social bonds as well as individual memory, as put forth in this volume. Parallels are drawn between mnemonic devices utilized in the Middle Ages, the design of monuments and contemporary scientific research in cognitive neuropsychology. The papers were originally presented at the 1994 meetings of the College Art Association and the International Congresses of Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, and the University of Leeds, England, in 1995.

Exploring Megalithic Europe

Author : Julian Heath
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538120925
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Megalithic Europe written by Julian Heath and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abundant prehistoric remains survive in the wide landscapes of Europe, but none are arguably as fascinating or awe-inspiring as the “megalithic” (after the Greek megas: great, and lithos: stone) monuments built by the people who lived here during the three hugely important periods of European prehistory known respectively as the Neolithic, the Copper Age, and the Bronze Age. These huge, prehistoric stone structures can still be found scattered in their thousands across Europe and provide a tentative but evocative link to their builders, and to Europe’s distant past. From the Mediterranean islands to the colder climes of Scandinavia, Exploring Megalithic Europe takes readers to many European countries, examining both famous and lesser-known megalithic monuments and looking at what insights these remarkable reminders of prehistoric life may provide into the ancient communities responsible for their construction.

The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dove in the Eagle's Nest written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Apocryphal Old Testament

Author : Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198261773
Total Pages : 1024 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The Apocryphal Old Testament written by Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of translations of the more important non-canonical Old Testament books. It is both accessible and completely up to date with modern scholarship. Edited with introductions and brief bibliographies, it is suitable for general readers as well as for students.

Springwatch: Birdtopia

Author : Jack Baddams
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473533732
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Springwatch: Birdtopia written by Jack Baddams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that the word 'swansong' comes from an ancient belief that while swans were silent throughout their lives, they sang a beautiful song on their deathbed? Or that a group of skylarks is called an exultation? Over the years, Springwatch has brought us unforgettable moments featuring our feathered friends, from nest cams capturing hatchlings as they emerge from their eggs to red kites soaring majestically in search of prey. Now, delve into the ultimate bird lover's companion, with expert tips on where to find British bird species and how to identify them, alongside avian folklore and favourite stories from the series. Arranged by bird family, Birdtopia includes explanations behind unusual collective nouns for birds - an unkindness of ravens may stem from the nineteenth-century belief that these birds turned their young out of the nest to fend for themselves - descriptions of bird calls, the reasons why birds create beautiful murmuration displays and the top places to spot them. Written by Springwatch naturalist and TikTok and Instagram’s ‘bird guy’ Jack Baddams and beautifully illustrated with line drawings, Birdtopia is the perfect gift for any bird lover. And the best thing about it all? We’re not talking about birds in some far off land, on the other side of the world. These are the ones we can see whenever we step outside our doors. They’re right there, for everyone. Get out and enjoy them!

Standard Paper Money Catalogue

Author : Scott Stamp and Coin Company, Inc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Standard Paper Money Catalogue written by Scott Stamp and Coin Company, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

England, Picturesque and Descriptive

Author : Joel Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book England, Picturesque and Descriptive written by Joel Cook and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile

Author : Kostas Buraselis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107033357
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Ptolemies, the Sea and the Nile written by Kostas Buraselis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how the power of the Ptolemies depended upon control of waterways, the easiest form of communication in the ancient world.

Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture

Author : Carolyn E. Tate
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292742568
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture written by Carolyn E. Tate and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, scholars of Olmec visual culture have identified symbols for umbilical cords, bundles, and cave-wombs, as well as a significant number of women portrayed on monuments and as figurines. In this groundbreaking study, Carolyn Tate demonstrates that these subjects were part of a major emphasis on gestational imagery in Formative Period Mesoamerica. In Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture, she identifies the presence of women, human embryos, and fetuses in monuments and portable objects dating from 1400 to 400 BC and originating throughout much of Mesoamerica. This highly original study sheds new light on the prominent roles that women and gestational beings played in Early Formative societies, revealing female shamanic practices, the generative concepts that motivated caching and bundling, and the expression of feminine knowledge in the 260-day cycle and related divinatory and ritual activities. Reconsidering Olmec Visual Culture is the first study that situates the unique hollow babies of Formative Mesoamerica within the context of prominent females and the prevalent imagery of gestation and birth. It is also the first major art historical study of La Venta and the first to identify Mesoamerica's earliest creation narrative. It provides a more nuanced understanding of how later societies, including Teotihuacan and West Mexico, as well as the Maya, either rejected certain Formative Period visual forms, rituals, social roles, and concepts or adopted and transformed them into the enduring themes of Mesoamerican symbol systems.

Monumentality and the Roman Empire

Author : Edmund Thomas
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191558435
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Monumentality and the Roman Empire written by Edmund Thomas and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quality of 'monumentality' is attributed to the buildings of few historical epochs or cultures more frequently or consistently than to those of the Roman Empire. It is this quality that has helped to make them enduring models for builders of later periods. This extensively illustrated book, the first full-length study of the concept of monumentality in Classical Antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in moulding their individual or collective aspirations and identities. Although no single word existed in antiquity for the qualities that modern authors regard as making up that term, its Latin derivation - from monumentum, 'a monument' - attests plainly to the presence of the concept in the mentalities of ancient Romans, and the development of that notion through the Roman era laid the foundation for the classical ideal of monumentality, which reached a height in early modern Europe. This book is also the first full-length study of architecture in the Antonine Age - when it is generally agreed the Roman Empire was at its height. By exploring the public architecture of Roman Italy and both Western and Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from the point of view of the benefactors who funded such buildings, the architects who designed them, and the public who used and experienced them, Edmund Thomas analyses the reasons why Roman builders sought to construct monumental buildings and uncovers the close link between architectural monumentality and the identity and ideology of the Roman Empire itself.

The Voice of the Eagle

Author : Johannes Scotus Erigena
Publisher : Lindisfarne Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Voice of the Eagle written by Johannes Scotus Erigena and published by Lindisfarne Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rules, List of the Members, and Catalogue of the Library, Drawings, and Engravings

Author : Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Rules, List of the Members, and Catalogue of the Library, Drawings, and Engravings written by Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: